Challenging and Fast-Paced with an Evolving Culture - Manager CME Group Employee Review

4.0
3 Apr 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Professional environment, highly intelligent workforce, and opportunities for those with an innovative mindset. The organization is becoming more open to global mobility and cross-functional job moves.

Cons

Demanding environment with increasing work pressures. Culture is spoken, but not lived. Golden hand-cuffs apply here... pay, bonus, benefits and stock options make it a challenge to leave.

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Pros

good pay, interesting work, good people

Cons

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3.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong engineering culture with exposure to large-scale financial systems, distributed architecture, and production-critical platforms. Good opportunities to learn modern cloud, performance, and reliability engineering.

Cons

Bureaucracy and internal politics can sometimes outweigh technical merit. Employees who take ownership or challenge inefficiencies may face delayed recognition, unclear growth paths, and shifting expectations, leading to frustration and disengagement over time.

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